UCL in the media
Violent crime down but rape victims still blamed
Professor Nick Tilley (UCL Security & Crime Science) comments on crime figures that showed violent crime has fallen to its lowest level for 30 years.
Read: Times (£)Mind maths: Your personal prediction machine
Professor Karl Friston (UCL Institute of Neurology) comments on his "free energy principle" theory which describes the brain's ability to minimise errors and make predictions about the world.
Read: New ScientistPseudoscience and stereotyping won't solve gender inequality in science
"Generalisations based on gender are unhelpful," says Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience).
Read: GuardianWomen in Sustainable Architecture: Sofie Pelsmakers
Sofie Pelsmakers (UCL Energy Institute) is featured in Architects Journal's Women in Architecture 2013.
Read: Architects Journal'Postgraduate premium' fuels vicious cycle of social inequality
"Access to postgraduate education is becoming increasingly stratified by family income, and (recent postgraduates) are being paid more, so it's a source of rising inequality," says Professor Stephen Machin (UCL Economics).
Read: THERCUK takes open-access green targets off fast track
Open-access policy continues to worry academics. "Whatever the government claims, it is obvious that the (preference for gold) runs counter to the immediate national interest," says Professor David Price, UCL Vice-Provost for Research.
Read: THE10 Essential Yiddish Words for Academics
Professor Anthony Finkelstein's (UCL Engineering) blog '10 Essential Yiddish Words for Academics' was picked as this week's blog for THE Scholarly Web. Read:
THEBoredom can actually kill you
There is sufficient evidence to say there is a link between heart disease and boredom, says Martin Shipley (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health).
Read: Gulf NewsLondon's most popular cab routes
"The most popular routes are along Euston Road, Park Lane and Embankment, which may be somewhat expected, but make for a stark contrast with respect to the flow of most traffic in London," says Ed Manley (UCL Engineering).
Read: Evening StandardLondon's new 'Micrarium' showcases the tiniest members of the animal kingdom
"You go to any natural history museum and it's normally full of big animals, but actually the majority of life on Earth is absolutely tiny," says Jack Ashby (UCL Grant Museum of Zoology).
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